Automobile door-curtain.



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Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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B has button-holes arranged f' at intervals through which the buttons band f extend. Thus the curtain is stretched between the upper edge ofthe door B and the cross bar F'.l The forward edge of the curtain B isturned around the front upright D and the edge of the curtain isfastened to the body thereot` by a series Ofspring fastenings or buttonsZ22, Fig.- 8.

. lI preferably extend the Curtain B to' the y rear of the door andattach it tothe buttons 'a on the main frame and also to butv'tons' c atthe lower edge of the top, as

shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, so that twhen the door is open thecurtain willy simply bend on aline with the door as in Fig. 6, andthereV will bev no opening at this point. Thus it -will be seen thatwhen the door is fopen" the section of thec'urtai'n above the `dooropens with the door and consequently the full height of the doorwaybetween. the floor of the vcar and the top is exposed so f that vaperson 'can readilyv enter or leave the vcan A When 'it is desired Itodispense with the curtains, the door curtains B can be -readilyunfastened and the uprights D-D and cross bar F can be readily detachedand 40 @curtains vstowed .away'fina` small compass withthe In someinstances, instead of making the .crossbar'detachable from theluprights, vas Iin Fig. 11, the cross bar vmay be hinged to the uprights,as in Fig. 13, but the ob]ection to this construction'is that the partscannot Abe. packed in so small acom ass as where fcurtains of'the,top,-I`provide a section C5,

' yFig; lwhich has a casing c2 for the recepf are' m'adevlseparate, asinig. 12. y order to make a-neat fit between the buter-edge `of thedoot-.curtain and the xed A`tion ofi-anv upright D-, shaped at the bot-.tomv .thesame as the upright D and adapted to a socket a1 inv thebodyA, Fig. 10,. Thel opposlte edge vof the section C3 is perfo; ratedfor the reception of buttons which are secured by the curtains Cz or oneof the bows which support the top and the rear edge of this curtain isso proportioned that it overlaps the front edge when the door` isclosed.

In order to close the space between the upper edge of the door curtainand the top C, I make the lapel of the topso that 1t will extend overthe edge of the door curtain when the door is closed, and all that isnecessary is to run the finger along the front edge of the door curtainand along the top edge when the two projecting edges will be forced out'and will lie along the outer edge of the door curtain, preventing rainentering the body of the automobile.

`While I have shown, in Fig. 3, the top C greater in Width than the bodyA of the automobile, in some types of automobiles, or other vehicles,the top may be on a vertical line with the body, and in thisconstruction the uprights will be straight instead of bowed. The amountof bow will de end entirely upon the width and type otop used and thedesign of the body of the automobile.

In some instances, the doorA curtain B may be permanently attached tothe cross bar F and the cross bar used as a pole upon which to roll thecurtain when itis stored away, but I prefer to use a construction wherethe curtain s entirely detachable from the other parts.

,The combination ofa detachable curtain for vehicles having a hingeddoor and a -movable top; ai door havlng sockets at lts upper edge neareach end; an upright detachably and rigidly mounted 1n each 'socket-g acontinuous cross bar detachably mounted on the ends of the uprights andextending from one upright to the other; a curtain detachably secured tothe door and to the cross bar, the curtain, when in positicn,`holdingthe cross bar and the uprights rigidly to-the door;

Intestimony whereof, I have signed' myv nameto this specification,y inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. HORACE ERVIEN.

'Witnesses:

. WM. E'Snm, WM. A. BARR.

